St. Maria Goretti in Garments All Red by Fr. Godfrey Poage

Maria Goretti was not yet twelve years old when, in July 1902, she was forced to fight to preserve her purity and safeguard her soul from the attacks of Alessendro Serenelli. Saint Maria Goretti is known for her unyielding mercy towards Alessandro. When his evil intent became clear to her, she even petitioned him on account of his own soul, saying, "No! No! It is a sin! God does not want this!" Alessandro stabbed Maria fourteen times, and little Maria became another virgin martyr in the line of St. Agnes and St. Cecilia. 

Here is the beautiful true story of Maria's virtuous life that led to her heroic choice, of the Goretti family's terrible poverty, Maria's First Holy Communion, her great maturity in shouldering adult responsibilities, her forgiveness of her murderer, her lingering death, then finally her public elevation to sainthood in 1950, in the presence of her mother, her family, and the largest crowd ever before seen at a canonization (over half a million people). Alessandro later repented and asked forgiveness of God and St. Maria's mother because of Maria's mercy toward him.

Paperback 0.3" H x 8.5" L x 5.5" W (0.37 lbs) 129 pages